This review article focuses on sepiolite fibrous clay mineral, which has been selected here
as an example of an ancient inorganic natural material that is currently receiving much …

Abstract Recently, ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials, known as nanosheets, have
attracted great interest owning to their ultimate structural and desirable physical, chemical …

While ammonia (NH 3) is an attractive alternative to pure hydrogen, its direct use in fuel cells
is fraught with difficulties. A direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) with PtIr/C (Pt: Ir= 1: 1), PtRu/C …

Proton exchange membranes remain a crucial material and a key challenge to fuel cell
science and technology. In this work, new Nafion membranes are prepared by a casting …

High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs) are a promising
energy conversion technology due to their quick reaction kinetics, high tolerance to CO …

This work reports on the development of various nanostructured materials based on the
assembly of SiO 2, TiO 2 and ZnO nanoparticles to sepiolite fibers (Sep) and their …

Sepiolite and palygorskite fibrous clay minerals are 1D silicates featuring unique textural
and structural characteristics useful in diverse applications, and in particular as rheological …

Among various types of energy conversion systems, hydrogen-fueled solid oxide fuel cells
(SOFCs) have been acknowledged as one of the most promising technologies, thanks to the …

The construction of replaceable dynamic membranes (DMs) on membrane surfaces is a
promising strategy to effectively mitigate membrane fouling. Nevertheless, the efficiency of …

This work deals with the synthesis of SiO2@ TiO2 supported palygorskite fibers and their
use as a filler for proton exchange membrane fuel cells in order to improve their …